Deputy Head of School of Health Sciences

Director of International Partnerships for School of Health Sciences

I specialise in neurological physiotherapy and rehabilitation teaching across pre registration and post registration programmes.

I co-lead Implementation Science modules

• 1993 Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy, Addenbrookes School of Physiotherapy, Cambridge
• 2002 MSc in Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich
• 2014 PhD, University of East Anglia, Norwich
• SFHEA
• Grad Dip Phys
• Member of the Health Professions Council

My commitment to co-design, implementation science and innovation as vehicles for educational excellence and societal impact unifies my work . My distinctive academic profile integrates clinical expertise, educational leadership and translational research. Entrepreneurial by nature I have capitalised on collaborations to create opportunities that have had both commercial and reputational benefit, my skills and knowledge in co-design and implementation research have created learning and teaching developments that are contemporary, inclusive and accessible, and have improved student experience. I provide positive leadership creating impact for people, the school and the university.

Having qualified as a physiotherapist from Addenbrookes School of Physiotherapy in 1993 I went on to complete Junior and Senior physiotherapy rotations within the Norfolk and Norwich area. In 1997 I specialized in the management and treatment of people with acquired brain injury at what is now known as the Specialist Rehabilitation Services (SRS) in Norwich. In 2000 I started work as a Lecturer/Practitioner in Physiotherapy working between the SRS and the University of East Anglia (UEA). In 2005 I took up a full time post at the UEA as a Lecturer in Physiotherapy. I taught on both the BSc and pre registration MSC in Physiotherapy. I have taught physiology, neurophysiology and anatomy and neurology. In 2006 I became the Course Director for the BSc in Physiotherapy and was responsible for taking the course through a successful validation. In 2009 I decided to embark on a PhD and was subsequently seconded as a Research Associate to FeSTlvAlS (Functional Strength Training later after stroke) a study funded by The Stroke Association. I remain very involved in the teaching aspects of the School of Health Sciences and established and led an MSc in Stroke Recovery. I am currently the Deputy Head of School and Director for International Partnerships.  I lead a programme of research developing, evaluating and implementing digital technology and devices for movement rehabilitation. I have an industry partnership with an XR company NeuroVirt. I lead the MoveX Lab at UEA which supports biomechanics and physiology research and education across the university.

Junior Physiotherapy rotations
01.09.93 – 01.10.93 Learning Disabilities Little Plumstead Hospital
04.10.93 – 04.02.94 Outpatients St Michael’s Hospital
07.02.94 – 03.06.94 Orthopaedics Norfolk and Norwich Hospital
06.06.94 – 03.02.95 Psychogeriatrics St. Andrew’s Hospital
10.10.94 – 03.02.95 Medical and Neurology Norfolk and Norwich Hospital
06.02.95 – 01.06.95 Learning Disabilities Little Plumstead Hospital

Senior Physiotherapy Rotations
June 95 – Feb 96 Rehab and Disability District Rehabilitation Centre
Feb 96 – Sept 97 Elderly Rehab Dereham Hospital
Sept 97 – May 98 Rehab and Disability District Rehabilitation Centre
May 98 – Sept 98 Musculoskeletal Dereham Hospital
Sept 98 – Sept 2000 Senior I at the District Rehabilitation Centre
Sept 2000 – Feb 2004 Lecturer Practitioner in Physiotherapy at RSC and the District Rehabilitation Centre, Norwich

Academic
Feb 2004 – Aug 2022 Lecturer in Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich

August 2022 - Associate Professor in Physiotherapy

I lead a programme of research designing, evaluating and implementing digital technology for movement rehabilitation after acquired brain injury. 

Implementation Science East 

I am happy to consider PGR applications in the fields of digital intervention development and implementation.